Corset-fastener.



l. KACZKIELA.

CORSET FASTENER.

APPLICATION men APR. 5. |917.

Patented July 31, 1917.

UNITED srarns Parnnr ermee..

IZIDOB, KACZKIELA, 0F PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND.

CORSET-FASTENER.

Application filed April 5, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IZIDoR KACZKIELA, a subject of Russia Poland, residing at Pawtucket, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corset- Fasteners, of which the following is a speciication.

This invention relates to certain new and useful Improvements in corset fasteners.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a simple and inexpensive fastener or closure means for corsets although adaptable for use with other articles of wearing apparel such as bodices and girdles, the same possessing great strength and durability.

A further object of the device is the provision of a closure securing means for garments that is readily detached therefrom during the washing or laundrying of the garment, the device being readily attached thereto for use when desired and capable of retaining the garment closed and stretched to the desired degree for fitting purposes.

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and then claimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views:-

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device operatively arranged in its closed position in connection with the adjacent overlapping edges of a garment.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken upon line II-II of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse view of a portion of the tongue member detached.

Fig. L is a yperspective view of a portionl of the buckle member detached, and,

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a corner portion of the buckle receiving edge portion of the garment.

It being understood that the present closure is designed for employment with any article of wearing apparel, the same is herein illustrated in connection with the forward portion of a corset having an underlapping edge portion 10 and an overlapping cooperating portion 11, a buckle member 12 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1917.

serial N9. 159,924.

being detachably carried by the portion 11 adapted for engagement with a tongue member 13 removably carried by the corset portion 10.

The tongue portion 13 consists of a flexible stay 14 formed of suitable material such as metal or bone and having a plurality of tongues or straps 15 perpendicularly projecting therefrom provided with tonguereceiving perforations 16 and having tapered free ends 17. 'Ihe strip or stay 14 is positioned within a marginal flap 18 of the corset side 1() while the tongues 15.

freelyV project through slots 19 in the forward edge thereof, any desirable form of clasps 20 preferably of the two-part glove fastener type, being employed for attaching the iap 18 to the adjacent portion of the corset side 10 when the tongue member 13 is operatively arranged therein.

In a similar manner, the corset side 11 is arranged with an inwardly bent flap 18 for receiving the buckle member 12 therein while similar clasps 20 connectV the Hap 18 with the corset side 11 when the buckle member is operatively positioned therein.

The buckle member 12 consists of parallel strips 21 of similar material to the construction vof the strip 14 while rectangular buckles 22 are secured to the strips 21, being provided with inwardly projecting prongs or teeth 23 for engaging the perforations 16 of the tongues 15, being then flatly laid upon the corset side 11 and inserted through loops 27 provided in a flexible strip 28 suitably secured as by stitching to the outer face of the corset side 11.

A serviceable closure for flexible articles of wearing apparel is arranged in which the metallic portions are completely covered during the use of the garment but are readily detached when desired while the corset sides 10 and 11 may be suitably tensioned or drawn together by the device and retained in that position. It will be noted that the tongues 15 pass through the inner end portions 29 of the buckles 22 and adjacent transverse braces 30 carried thereby and over which the teeth 23 extend, the portion 31 of the corset side 11 between the eyelets 24 and the slots 25 substantially overlying the braces 30.

What I claim as new is 1. A garment closure comprising in combination with the edge portions thereof, a buckle member carried` by one of said pore tions, a cooperating tongue member carried by the opposite portion thereof, and separable clasps adapted for retaining the said tongue and buckle members in their operative arrangement.

2. In combination with the opposite edges of a garment having backwardly folded marginal flaps, detachable connections for the said iiaps, a tongue member arranged within the flap of one of said members with the tongues thereof outwardly projecting therefrom, a buckle member arranged within the flap of the opposite portion having inwardly projecting teeth adapted for adjustable engagement with the said tongues, the buckle member holding portion of the garment having eyelets for the reception of said teeth and with slots adapted for the reception of the said tongues, and ilexible retaining loops for the tongues arranged adjacent the said eyelets.

3. A device of the class described comprising' in combination with the over and underlapping edge portions of a garment,

each of the said portions having backturned iaps, a resilient strip arranged within the flap of the underlapping portion, tongues carried by the said strip projecting forwardly of the edge of the carrying portion of the garment, a buckle member arranged within the flap of the overlapping edge portion comprising parallel eXible strips, spaced buckles secured transversely of the strips having inwardly projecting teeth and transverse braces beneath the teeth, separable retaining means for the said flaps, the overlapping portion having slots through the sides thereof for the reception of the said tongues at opposite sides of the buckles, through which buckles the said tongues extend, the said overlapping portion having eyelets adapted for the reception of the said teeth therethrough, the eyelets and adjacent slots being arranged substantially in planes at opposite sides of the braces of the buckles, and a resilient strip carried by the overlapping edge portion having loops adapted for the reception of said tongues therethrough when operatively arranged atly positioned upon the overlapping portion with the said teeth in engagement therewith.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature.

IZIDOR KAGZKIELA.

Witness Y J. G. CoNNoLLY.

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